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J. A. HOUSE.

MINERS LAMP. APPLIoATloN FILED IEB. '1, 1911.

Patented June 20, 1911.

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JAMES A. ROU'SH, 0F HOIVIER CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

MIN ER S LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February '7, 1911.

Patented June 20, 1911. Serial No. 607,045.

To all 'whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. RoUsI-I, a citizen of the United States,residing at Homer City, in the county of Indiana and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful IImprovements in MinersLamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in miners lamps or lamps of alike nature wherein a solid fuel is required and the object of theinvention is to provide means whereby the fuel may be liquidized so thatthe same will readily feed to the wick spout.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel constructionand arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed. In theaccompanying drawings, Figure l is a central transverse sectional viewthrough a lamp constructed in accordance with the present invention.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the corrugated tube and plate con nectedtherewith.

In the drawings the numeral l designates the lamp. This lamp is of theordinary construction and is provided with the usual wick tube 2.

The numeral 3 designates a corrugated tube adapted to be positionedwithin the wick tube of the lamp. This corrugated tube 3 is constructedof some suitable heat conducting material, such as copper or the like.The lower portion of the tube is integrally formed with a plate l whichis adapted to rest upon the bottom of the lamp l. This plate L is alsoconstructed of some heat conductive material and is preferably providedwith legs 5 whereby the same is sustained a suitable distance above theHoor or base of the lamp 1. The plate A is also preferably corrugatedand the object of the corrugated tube 3 as well as the corrugatedl plate4 is to provide means for concentrating the heat which is delivered tothe said tube and plate through the medium of the wick 6 when the latteris lighted.

I am aware of the fact that devices of a similar nature have alreadybeen patented, but in most instances the said devices are not effective,for the reason that sucient heat is not delivered to the solid fuelwithin the lamp proper to melt the same and to allow the fluid to iowfreely to the wick to saturate the same.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the simplicity of the device as well as the advantagesthereof, will, it is believed, be apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains and while I have illustrated anddescribed the preferred embodiment of the improvement as it appears tome, changes in the minor details of construction within the scope of theappended claims may be made, if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, is

The combination with a lamp provided with a wick tube, of a corrugatedtube adapted to be inserted within the wick tube of the lamp, acorrugated plate adapted to be arranged within the body of the lamp, andconnected with the lower end of the corrugated tube, the said platebeing provided with feet adapted to contact with the lower bottom of thelamp, the said plate and tube being constructed of heat conductingmaterial, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. i

In testimony whereof I afHX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. ROUSH.

Witnesses:

H. A. BUCHANAN, B. B. MCGONNAUGHEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

